diff --git a/example/demo/.gitignore b/example/demo/.gitignore
index 10be1975..00e7fa61 100644
--- a/example/demo/.gitignore
+++ b/example/demo/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #
 .DS_Store
 
+# Google
+android/app/google-services.json
+
 # Xcode
 #
 build/
diff --git a/example/demo/README.md b/example/demo/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97362d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/demo/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### Android
+
+1) Setup google-services.json
+- make sure the package_name inside points to `com.demo`
diff --git a/example/demo/android/app/build.gradle b/example/demo/android/app/build.gradle
index 398f51b6..ded64adb 100644
--- a/example/demo/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/example/demo/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ dependencies {
     compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
     compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
     compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
+
+    compile(project(':react-native-firebase')) {
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.0.0"
 }
 
 // Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
@@ -144,3 +149,5 @@ task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
     from configurations.compile
     into 'libs'
 }
+
+apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/demo/android/app/src/main/java/com/demo/MainApplication.java b/example/demo/android/app/src/main/java/com/demo/MainApplication.java
index f7051567..fa300941 100644
--- a/example/demo/android/app/src/main/java/com/demo/MainApplication.java
+++ b/example/demo/android/app/src/main/java/com/demo/MainApplication.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.react.shell.MainReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
 
+import io.invertase.firebase.RNFirebasePackage;
+
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -22,7 +24,8 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
     @Override
     protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
       return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
-          new MainReactPackage()
+          new MainReactPackage(),
+          new RNFirebasePackage()
       );
     }
   };
diff --git a/example/demo/android/build.gradle b/example/demo/android/build.gradle
index eed9972b..374103c9 100644
--- a/example/demo/android/build.gradle
+++ b/example/demo/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
-
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
diff --git a/example/demo/android/settings.gradle b/example/demo/android/settings.gradle
index 9c318570..901294ed 100644
--- a/example/demo/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/example/demo/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 rootProject.name = 'demo'
-
 include ':app'
+include ':react-native-firebase'
+project(':react-native-firebase').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-firebase/android')
diff --git a/example/demo/app.js b/example/demo/app.js
index 2fb1a6f9..5e2ad124 100644
--- a/example/demo/app.js
+++ b/example/demo/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import { View } from 'react-native'
+import RNFirebase from 'react-native-firebase'
+import firebase from './lib/firebase'
 
 export default class App extends React.Component {
   render () {
diff --git a/example/demo/index.android.js b/example/demo/index.android.js
index f24d4dd4..1937eb91 100644
--- a/example/demo/index.android.js
+++ b/example/demo/index.android.js
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * Sample React Native App
- * https://github.com/facebook/react-native
- * @flow
- */
-
 import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import {
   AppRegistry,
diff --git a/example/demo/index.ios.js b/example/demo/index.ios.js
index dfcb1c3c..1937eb91 100644
--- a/example/demo/index.ios.js
+++ b/example/demo/index.ios.js
@@ -1,53 +1,25 @@
-/**
- * Sample React Native App
- * https://github.com/facebook/react-native
- * @flow
- */
-
-import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import {
   AppRegistry,
   StyleSheet,
-  Text,
   View
-} from 'react-native';
+} from 'react-native'
+import App from './app'
 
 export default class demo extends Component {
-  render() {
+  render () {
     return (
       <View style={styles.container}>
-        <Text style={styles.welcome}>
-          Welcome to React Native!
-        </Text>
-        <Text style={styles.instructions}>
-          To get started, edit index.ios.js
-        </Text>
-        <Text style={styles.instructions}>
-          Press Cmd+R to reload,{'\n'}
-          Cmd+D or shake for dev menu
-        </Text>
+        <App />
       </View>
-    );
+    )
   }
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
-    flex: 1,
-    justifyContent: 'center',
-    alignItems: 'center',
-    backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
-  },
-  welcome: {
-    fontSize: 20,
-    textAlign: 'center',
-    margin: 10,
-  },
-  instructions: {
-    textAlign: 'center',
-    color: '#333333',
-    marginBottom: 5,
-  },
-});
+    flex: 1
+  }
+})
 
-AppRegistry.registerComponent('demo', () => demo);
+AppRegistry.registerComponent('demo', () => demo)
diff --git a/example/demo/lib/firebase.js b/example/demo/lib/firebase.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e97c6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/demo/lib/firebase.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import RNFirebase from 'react-native-firebase'
+
+const configurationOptions = {
+  debug: true
+}
+
+const firebase = RNFirebase.initializeApp(configurationOptions)
+
+export default firebase